The global challenges created by climate change causing glaciers to melt will only get worse unless urgent action is taken to address the issue, experts have warned. Their remarks follow a report from the World Meteorological Organisation that revealed glaciers have experienced the largest loss of mass on record in the past three years. Saturday is […]
Cities around the world are having to deal with rising temperatures and January 2025 was the hottest on record, according to Europe’s climate monitoring programme, Copernicus, which showed temperatures at 1.75°C above pre-industrial levels. The announcement comes hot on the heels of a report by the World Meteorological Organisation that confirmed 2024 as the hottest year on […]
Climate change created an extra six weeks of dangerous heat for the average person in 2024, and fuelled more prolonged heatwaves in most of the Middle East, scientists revealed on Friday. People typically endured 41 more days of extreme heat than they could expect in a world without global warming, according to calculations by researchers at […]
Executives in the Middle East consider climate change to be the top priority for their companies in the coming year, prompting an increase in investments towards sustainability efforts, a study from Deloitte shows. About 43 per cent of regional executives ranked climate change as their main focus, ahead of economic outlook (41 per cent) and geopolitical […]
The Middle East will experience more frequent “extreme rainfall events” due to climate change, researchers say. A report into the regional impact of global warming has predicted increasingly intense monsoons, stronger storms and ever more extreme temperatures this century. By comparing results from a number of recent studies, researchers have built a picture of how climate change […]
Middle Eastern oil producers are making a big bet on hydrogen, the clean fuel that has been generating a lot of interest across the globe since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As demand grows, the region seeks to lead the way in hydrogen production, The National News states. Hydrogen’s rise as a favored energy […]
The Biden Administration’s ambitious plans to scale up renewable energy in the U.S. will have a wider impact on the energy landscape in the Middle East, especially in the Arabian Gulf, according to the top official of a global body, experts and major industry players in the region. Talking to Emirates News Agency (WAM) about […]
